The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-10-08


legislation which will make more
stringent the prohibition of the use of
the name of the order or any of its
symbols for business purposes. On this
point, the Secretary of the General
Assembly would be justified in passing
law placing the boycott on every
article upon which the initials of the
order or any of its SYMBOLS
were used without the sanction of the
general executive board. Regarding
the embezzlement of funds by local
officers. who subsequently absconded.
the secretary recommends it be stat d
in the constitution that notice of trial
sent to the best known address of the
absconding officer be considered as q
legal summons.
Mrs. T. NJ. Barry, general investi
gator, made her annual report, embrac-
ing the result of her il quiries into the
condition OF the working women of the
country. Having no legal authority. she
had been unable to make as thorough
an investigation in many places as
she would like, but on the strength
of her observation and her experience
she asks that more consideration be
given to. and more thorough educa-
tional measures be adopted on behalf
of working women, a majority of
whom are entirely ignorant of the
economic and industrial question.
She recommends that IL be made
compulsory upon every district. State,
or national trade assembly to have one
or more educators; that organizers be
urged to put forth gres ter efforts 10 in
culcate the true principles of the order
in the minds of members of newly Or
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whole, undivided attention to forming
co operative entarp ises, particularly
in manufacturing mems, women's and
children's garments, as in this branch
women suffer most from poor wages;
that We herein adopt practical line of
policy for uprooting corrupt and I'M
just syste s, in pursuance of which
there will be no time for making the
order a battlefield wherein to ave lge
real or imaginary or personal grew
ances. Instances of cruel treatment oil
W0rkingwomen are cited.
The report of the general executive
board is very long. The committee takes
up, in regular order, 1885 cases, on
which it has passed during the year
Most of these are insignificant and few
have any public interest.
Among the most important docu
ments referred to is the report of the
committee on conspiracy, appointed
at the Richmond convention. After
the preliminary report of investi
cations and results, the com m1ttee
has this to say on the so-cslled black
Its" your committee are mostly of
the opinion that speedy example
should be made, in some way, of many
cases of conspiracy that are constantly
arising, as it is very evident that the
laws are being used for the intimidation
of our brothers everywhere with
scarcely an exception, and that sooner
such example is successfully made the
better it will be, not only for the
knights of Labor, but for society
generally. Employers should be ma1e
10 understand that the laws are not
alone made for their special use and
benefit"
Another recommendation is to adopt
the cooperative farm in Minnesota in
Crow and Wing Counties.
The statement of the executive board.
with reference to The difficulty wi b Dis
trict Assembly 1876, makes the first poir t
that John Morrison, the prime mover in
the trouble, is not a member in good
standing. The Richmond convention
sustains this decision. He has had an
opportunity to reinstate himself, but
has not taken advantage of it. The
district steadily refused to obey orders,
even after Higgins & Co. 'ssstrike was
settled, and resolved in its meeting not
to comply with the order of the board
Mr.. Powderly said, to night, that this
is the best convention the knights
have ever held. They are" he said
five days ahead of the Richmond con-
vention in point of time"
The members of the order are recon-
mende6 to refuse to purchase crockery
made by Knowles, Taylor & Co., of East
Liverpool, Ohio, on account of the
| concerns opposition to the order. A
great number of other goods, for sim
liar reason, is not recommended"
The report from the committee on
the state of the order rehearses the dis
cussion with similar committee from
! the trades unions, last December,
| when an attempt was made to set
tie the grievances between the unions
and the Knights. In closing, the COM
mittee said: Our opinion is, that the
so-cailed grievances, If they do exist,
are rather acceptable than otherwise
to some person in their organizations,
| being used By them to accomplish
selfish purposes, and we believe cir
cular from our order, sent to all the
trade and labor unions, explaining our
position on the question of trade or
ganization within the order, would re-
suit in much good"
At the afternoon session, reports were
received from the committees on educa-
ton and completion of the
conspiracy laws. The secretary
of the cooperative board presented
its report, which makes many
valuable suggestions. Among other
things, it is asked that the board be
given power to establish a cooperative
agricultural machinery mandatory,
to be run on a grand scale. The sup
position is that should the convention
ratify this recommendation, the head
quarters will be at this city and its
works adjacent.
A Sudden Sensation
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